Type-holder.



No. 799,652. PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. w. P. JOYCE.

TYPE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1904.

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WILLIAM F. J OYOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TYPE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed November 10, 1904. Serial No. 232,148.

To all 1072,0111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. J owns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ty pe-I-Iolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My novel device is intended for use in connection with type-writing machines, and is designed to furnish a means for retaining the types of such machines in elevation during the cleansing operation of the type.

Heretofore certain attempts have been made to provide, by means of permanent or detachable plates, a structure to efi ect the ends sought, but with unsatisfactory results, because of their cumbersome nature, the strain upon the types adjacent the type-bar, and lack of adaptability to a variety of machines.

To the end of overcoming the enumerated disadvantages my invention consists in a holder of novel structure independent of the machine upon which it is intended to operate, which is hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new holder, and Fig. 2 shows in perspective a portion of a modified form of the same broken away from the handle.

Like reference-letters indicate like parts in both views.

My device comprises a handle a, to which is fixed by a screw 7) a flat metal arm 0 at right angles to the handle. In longitudinal alinement near the outer end of the arm 0 are two upright posts (Z d, adapted to engage the type-head to be operated upon.

Without departing from the spirit of my invention for the posts 0? all may be substituted, as shown in Fig. 2, an upright post 0, terminated in a bifurcation or fork e 6 To operate my holder, the typist grasps with his left hand the handle a and rests the bar 0 upon the shift-bar, and after elevating in the usual manner the type-bar and its type the upright posts (Z (2 engage the lower face of the head of the type and retain the latter in elevated position during the cleansing operation of the type by the typist with his right hand.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a typeholder comprising a handle adapted to be held in the hand, an arm mounted upon the handle to be supported on the shift-bar, and means upon the arm disposed parallel with the handle for engaging a type.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a typeholder designed to be held in the hand and comprisinga handle, an arm fixed to the handle and disposed at substantially right angles to the handle, and means upon the arm disposed parallel with the handle and extending in the opposite direction thereto from the arm ,for engaging the type.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a typeholder designed to beheld in the hand and comprising a handle, aflat arm mounted upon the handle, and posts carried by the arm and extending at substantially right angles thereto.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a typeholder designed to be held in the hand and comprising a handle, a flat arm mounted upon the handle and extended at substantially right angles therefrom, and two projections in longitudinal alinement with each other carried by the arm and disposed at substantially a right angle thereto and parallel with the handle, the handle and projections extending in opposite directions from said arm.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. JOYCE.

Witnesses:

HORATIO E. BnLLows, WILLIAM E. BROWN. 

